Headmaster, ladies and gentlemen
All of my dear teachers
And all students in campus
Six years ago, as I first
came into our school
Everything to me
was so fresh
and interesting
I didn't understand
Why the graduates
always cry at graduation
Now I understand
My heart is so heavy
at this moment of parting
Like a leaking faucet
my tears flow
Time passes amidst the laughter
What left are the memories
and the reluctance to leave
We are about to part
from this womb of 6 years
Inexpressible feelings well up through the heart
And an incomprehensible sorrow brings tears
Yet I think of our completed education
We are striding unto a new journey
Toward more knowledge
Excitement grips my heart
and a prompting sense
of uncertainty
These 6 years
We have cried, we have laughed, we have had fun
We tasted the flavor of a beating
Happy Physical class
fascinating science
Math riddled with puzzles
Clashing and other noises making in music
All, all this
shall forever preserve and be printed in the mind
So hard to forget
Teachers, dear teachers!
Under the beating sun, you led us in exercise
Mom
Hi!
How do you feel? All right, sister?
Chang-ming is here, too?
Uh... this is Pi-yun... Lives in Miao-li
She came to help me pick up Tung-tung
Have a seat
Thank you
Mom, let me tell you
She's uncle's girlfriend
Stop talking nonsense
Have a seat
Would you like something to drink?
No, thanks
Did you bring your cod-liver oil?
Yes
Remember to take one each day
Okay
Chang-ming, help me remind her
Cod-liver oil! Otherwise give it to mom
Okay
Don't forget!
Okay
Look at your shirt!
How could you wear it this way?
Why didn't you say something?
It looks terrible! Come here
You're going to enterjunior high that means you're a grown up!
Mom is worried about you most
Be nice to your sister, okay?
- Ting-ting, listen to your brother - Ok
- Don't fight! - Ok
Once you get to Grandpa's, make sure to write once a week
Okay
Don't call too often
Grandpa doesn't like people making calls
- Okay? - Yes
Same with you, Ting-ting, okay?
Remember to go to bed and get up early
Don't act like you do at home,
lying in bed till 11
Okay?
What does dad say?
He says he's talked to the chief doctor here,
so don't worry
What happened to uncle?
The train's leaving
Tung-tung!
Hey, Chang!
Where are you going?
Lo-tung, Grandpa's house, and you?
Tung-lo, Grandpa's house
You know what?
Ling's mother took him
to Tokyo Disneyland
Do you want to go there?
I can't
My dad's taking me there next summer
Really?
Boys can't leave the country after 15
Really?
I'd better get my dad to take me there next year
What's your address in Lo-tung?
I'll write to you
Write? How troublesome.
I give you my phone number.
941452, memorize this
Okay
Call me!
Goodbye... Okay, bye
Here's chicken feet and beefjerky,
couldn't get duck tongues
I also bought you two new shirts,
really pretty!
- Let's go! - Get on!
Brother, I want to pee-pee
Stupid! The train's leaving and you have to pee!
What's going on?
She has to pee
No time, pee on the train!
Here
Come on, let uncle take that
There you go
Don't be nervous, once the train moves you can pee
Hold it
How does it look?
Nice.
Not bad
Uncle! It's no use!
She can't pee while the train's moving
What? Then hurry now. Come on!
Well? Did you?
I can't! The train keeps moving!
Hold onto the bars
I can't
Don't be nervous
Well, did you do it?
Not yet
I want to try it on
Wait until she pees
Did you do it?
It's all wet!
What? Dress all wet?
Underpants too?
Let's go
Come on, change your underwear
You help her change. I'm going to put this on
Take off your wet pants
I don't want this one
You're lots of trouble!
How is it?
Well? How is it?
Nice.
I knew you'd look nice in it
Want some?
Let me get this
Auntie forgot her clothes!
What shall we do? Uncle hasn't got back!
Forget it. Stop looking
We can't go to Grandpa's home right now
Because uncle isn't here yet
If we go before he does, he'll be in trouble
So let's wait
Yen Cheng-kou... quick Yen Cheng-Kou
Wow, that's awesome
Uncle!
So you are here!
Where is your brother?
Over there
Tung-tung!
Uncle!
Let's go
Okay
Uncle, look!
Who gave it to you?
I exchanged it with my car
Let's go
- Hey, Yen Cheng-kuo, he really traded with you - Yes
Scared me to death. I thought you disappeared
Didn't think you're still here waiting for me
Otherwise, Grandpa would have killed me!
Come here. Say hello to Grandpa
Grandpa!
Put your things over here
Ting-ting! Tung-tung!
Let me help you
Grandma!
Good!
Oh, look how tall you are!
It's so hot. Have some tea
I don't want it!
Me neither!
Auntie
- Go upstairs! Cooler there! ...- Auntie! Auntie!
Bring your stuff upstairs!
Come on, put your things here
Come on
put your things here
Be careful!
How come they wait so long for the operation?
Her bilitary system is infected They have to cure that first
Dad said mom's too weak
So she has to recover and rest for awhile
before they can operate
How come?
How could it become acute?
This is the house! Hello! Hello!
Let's go around the house, come on!
That's him!
- Hello - That's him!!
Come down!
Here they come!
Everyone's got a turtle
to trade for a toy
Look! Can I trade with you?
- Let me trade with you! - I'll change it with you
I can't! I only have this airplane
Let me trade with you!
Give it to me! Trade with me!
Want to trade your fan away?
Who wants to trade with you? Turtles are terrible!
What about this
Whoever's turtle is the fastest gets to trade!
Okay! Let's race! Hurry!
Start from here!
Ready... Go!
The toy will be traded for his
Ready, Go!
- Go go go! - Run faster
Go turtle
Run faster
Go faster
Run, turtle
Turtle go
Faster, Faster
Run run
Go
Big turtle, run run
Hurry up, go ahead
Run
Run run
Take it over here
Go Run faster
- Run - Go Run faster
Go
Go away! Girls can't look
Your eyes will grow germs if you look!
Go away!
Trouble Luo, what are you doing?
Shitting
He's shitting
It's stinky
Don't push me
Don't touch me
The bad guy
Here comes the cow's dreg!
Here comes the cow's dreg! It's disgusting
My clothes are gone They're gone
My clothes are gone
My cow is gone!
The cow is gone!
If the cow walks down the river it will become a sea-cow and eat eat people
Nonsense!
Yen Cheng-kuo! Wait!
You bastard! Where are your clothes?
Where did you go swimming?
Hurry! Find your clothes!
You can't run around like this!
Go!
What you're standing around for?
Hurry up and go!
Where are your clothes?
Where did you go?
Where is your shirt?
One more shot
Where is Kuo?
I don't know
Isn't he with you guys?
No
He was playing with the kid from Taipei
Help me to find him
Ok
Tung-tung, get up!
Hurry up!
No need to be worried
Tung-tung went swimming in the river
and lost his clothes
He only wore a short pant as he came home
Sit down. Have some tea
Tung-tung, where is Ah Cheng-kuo?
I don't know
They say you were with him last
That's right.
But I didn't know what happened later
But he was with you
What's going on?
My Ah Cheng-kuo is missing
The cow came home,
but the boy...
What? The cow came home?
He thought it got lost
Went by the river, said he was going to the ocean
Ah Cheng-kuo!
Ah Cheng-kuo! Where are you?
"Being a stranger in a strange land..."
"Each... Each..."
"Each festival...
Intensifies my longing..."
Heard from... Heard from afar
Heard from afar
That brother... passed the exam...
Is staying...
"Arranging... arranging...
The dogwood, one person is missing!
Yen Cheng-kuo...
It's really cool up here.
Want to come up?
No!
Yen Cheng-kuo, you can see a long way up here
Dim-ma's coming!
Ah Cheng-kuo, what's going on?
What's going on?
Dim-ma!
What's Dim-ma?
Madwoman. She beats people
Really?
Why can I grasp it?
What are you doing?
Han-tzu
What's all this?
I could never tell
if Ah-ching didn't tell me
She must have been 3,4 months pregnant
That bird catcher,
really nasty!
I bet it was also him last time
It's really unfair...
for a girl like that...
No mother
Her poor father
Mom, I'm back
You've come back? How come you didn't call?
I was on my way to Tai-chung for business. No time to call
Kids, greet your father
Pop!
So?
The head-doctor said Hwei-cheng has a blockage in the gall tube
He's worried that it might rupture
and the bile might cause peritonitis
He'll give her the operation as soon as possible
But Kwang-ling told me that
she's too weak to receive the operation
He's worried
We better go to Taipei soon
What's the use?
The head-doctor knows his business
Go! Go away!
Have some soda
Thank you
Uncle, it went in!
You play yourself. I'll be right out
Dr. Liu! Dr. Liu!
Dr. Liu!
Someone's got hurt!
His head was hurt!
OK. OK.
Sir, someone is injured
What happened?
He was sleeping in the underpass. Got robbed
And they smashed him with a rock
What are you looking at? Get away!
Grandma
I know who did it!
Child, don't stick your nose in!
Grandma! Grandma!
Grandma, it's true!
Don't stick your nose in
Come on, have some guava
Uncle! Uncle!
Auntie Lin is here!
And so is her mother!
Grandpa is really mad!
Her mother says
she has a baby!
Pi-yun is foolish!
Every time I ask her
If he's sincere,
why doesn't he take you home...
to see the elders?
She always says you're busy...
running this clinic of your own
It's all a ruse!
Her brother came back from the army yesterday
and couldn't take it
He scolded her
She cried and wanted to kill herself!
Chang-ming is out running around all the time
He didn't say anything about this,
so we weren't aware...
I'll ask him when he gets back.
He's no kid
If he did something wrong, he can't run away free
I've no special purpose to bring her along today
I just want to see if you've got planned for this
Whether they shall get married or engaged
You've got to do something
Don't come back!
I'll kill you if you do!
It's okay.
Pick them up after you eat, come on!
What's up?
Don't wait. If he doesn't come, forget it!
Go home!
Go away! Go home!
Don't follow us!
Go home!
You threw away our clothes last time,
how dare you come along?
Go home! Go away!
Don't you understand? Go home!
Give me your fan,
or else don't follow us
That's right!
Ting-ting
Ting-ting, get off...
Get off! Ting-ting!
Ting-ting
Ting-ting, get off...
Get off!
Ting-ting, get off...
Miles after miles,
I bid you farewell
Distance grows each day,
While we are apart
The road is long and winding,
The day we meet again is far
The Hun horses bathe in the north wind
The Viet birds rest in the south trees
Let her have the baby
Poor child!
It'll do her mental illness a lot of good
I've already asked Mrs. Tren to take care of it
Well
How about having her sterilized
after childbirth
I'm concerned about the possibility that
the baby will be born retarded just like her?
That's right! Then it'll really be a pity
No, it won't
Uncle
Don't be so loud!
Where do you stay now, uncle?
On the old street. Want to come over?
Sure, just a second!
What a naughty boy!
Tell your girl friend,
I really can't go there
Alright
Pi-yun! Pi-yun!
How do I look?
Not this one! Your belly can be obvious!
Why don't you wear that skirt as I told you?
It's not obvious now
What do you mean it's not obvious? Change it
I just bought it
Wear it some other time. Change it
My mom is not able to come
Have a seat
We can do nothing. We're both in a mess
This is only for the time being
All the stuff here belongs to the landlord
Does Grandpa know you're staying here?
No
Her mother...
thinks she can jump on the chance
She thinks
we are a wealthy doctor's family
Wealthy! The money belongs to your Grandpa but not me
She's silly, too
Came to our house with her mother
With all the make-up
and everything!
So, I told her frankly
You want to get married? Fine
Make one thing perfectly clear to your mom
Don't ever think of getting a penny out of us!
Even if I allow it
your Grandpa won't
I'm always a black sheep in your Grandpa's eyes anyway
The grooms, the brides, ladies and gentlemen
Today, Mr. Liu Chang-ming and Ms. Lin Pi-yun,
Mr. Chen Wu-ling and Ms. Lee Li-chung
are having notarial weddings
in this court
Marriage is the most important event in life
Family is the foundation
of our society
Families are building rocks of a nation
of a nation
Our ancestors told us, The order of the world...
starts from the order
of a family
Today, the court conducts wedding ceremonies
for you newlyweds
It marks the beginning of a new life
for each of you
I wish you would be in harmony
Respect each other and trust each other
Help each other and create a happy family
It is the same effort you devote
in creating a greater society
Face each other
Step back a bit
First bow
Second bow
Third bow
Dear Mom and Dad,
The noise of the crickets disturbs me a lot
Every time the train
rumbles pass my window,
I feel saddened
I was the only family at Uncle's wedding
Aunt Lin
didn't have a wedding gown
She didn't look
as pretty as mom in mom's wedding album
Poor uncle
No one dares to mention his name
in front of Grandpa
I seem to have lost him all of a sudden
If Grandpa and Grandma
had attended his wedding
Uncle would have been so much happier
So many things happen each day that
I can't keep tracks
I'll tell you later if they come back to my mind
I feel depressed today. I'll stop for now
Wish mommy recover soon
Love, Tung-tung
Doctor Liu!
Officer Lee, have a seat!
Thanks
Officer Lee
Sorry to bother you
What's up?
Remember the taxi driver
who got beaten under the flyover?
Do you have his address?
I have to make a record of it
Sure
Ah-hung, get me the records
Did you get those rubbers?
Not yet. But we found out who they are
and the news is in the papers
Some other driver came to report a robbery saying...
One of the rubbers
hurt himself during the robbery
It's in the papers
Right here
Uncle! Uncle!
Who are you looking for?
Chang-ming
What?
They are beating up Tung-tung
by the creek!
Big Head!
He's my nephew!
Tung-tung
He ran as soon as he saw us.
He recognized us
Your pictures are in the papers
Who doesn't?
Tung-tung, after you get back
Tung-tung, don't tell anyone
They broke the law,
but we grew up together
I must help them out
Understand?
The Old St., Fu-shing Rd. No.3,
My son's place
Right... right...
My grandson ran into them
when he visited
They really frightened the boy
No...
Have some tea
Certainly... Certainly...
Who?
The landowner
Don't move
Since when did they hide at your place?
Did they mention where they were going?
Say something!
Did they head for Taipei for Big-head's sister?
Did they threaten you?
Don't be afraid. Speak out!
If you don't tell us, I'd just have to arrest you
Speak up! Say something...
You treat them as buddies,
but they won't do the same
Once they are caught,
They'll drag you into this mess
Say something
Take the medicine at the pharmacy over there
Tung-tung, Tung-tung
Be quiet!
Tung-tung. Tung-tung
What?
This little bird is injured
It's dead
What should I do with it?
Throw it into the river.
Let it be carried away
Then it can reincarnate. Stupid!
Hey...
Wait a second
Oh, Kwang-ling, it's you
How could this possibly happen...
Well... you take care of yourself
Hwei-cheng became allergic
to the aesthetic
She hasn't waken up for 3 hours after the operation
How could it happen?
I haven't got the details yet
Once he gets the news, he'll call me
Wait... I'd better call the head doctor first
Director Lin
It's useless for you to go.
You'll bother Kwuang-ling
I just called the head doctor
Hwei-cheng is too weak physically
It depends on whether she'll come around this evening
He'll phone us any time
It will be better if there's extra helper
Besides, if I stay here, I'll go crazy
Well, you pack then...
I'll tell Ah-hung to buy the train tickets
My little bird is dead
Tung-tung said it'll come alive
if it is thrown into the water
Go away!
Don't you listen to me? Go! Go!
Go away! Go!
It's your fault
Went looking for Dim-ma
Now Grandpa can't go to Taipei to see mom
Mom is seriously ill, you know?
Where are you going?
Don't you listen to me?
Go to bed!
Your mother is very disappointed at you, you know?
Mom, I'll bring her to bed later
I've never seen such a dogged kid
Why are you sitting up?
Go to bed! Don't sit here!
I want to stay up for the call from Mom
I'll wake you up when she calls, OK?
Hurry up! Go to bed!
None of you kids listens to the elders nowadays!
Dear Mom and Dad...
I fell to sleep
when I waited for the call
I didn't hear the phone ring
Grandma promised to wake me up,
but she didn't
I was so angry!
However, I'm happy to hear that
mom is getting well
I wish Mom healthy and pretty forever
Uncle got out ofjail
Grandma told me it was grandpa who bailed him out
Grandpa is so weird.
He never tells others what he did
Auntie told me
Han-tzu lost her baby
Grandpa tried to save it...
...even when Mom was in coma
But Han-tzu's father
was mad at Grandpa
I feel sorry for Grandpa
Grandma said she's sorry for Han-tzu's father
I really can't tell why
It's better
to have her sterilized this time
Why don't you mind your own business!
I'm grateful for your advice...
But I'm getting old,
I can't take care of her for the rest of my life
Once she has a baby,
she won't run around so often
She'll then stay home and take care of her baby
People like Han-tzu
are unfortunate
Perhaps she doesn't realize this herself
Her father is even more unfortunate
For her misfortunes stay with him
as long as he lives
No one can take care of his children forever
The only thing a parent can do is to provide the children
a sound fundamentality before they step into the society
Teach them the basic qualities of
becoming a decent individual
I didn't quite understand
what Grandpa was saying
But I was sure
Grandpa
was referring to uncle
Time flies.
The summer is almost gone
I'm homesick.
When will Dad come and pick us home?
My hand is getting sore from writing I'll stop for now
Love, Tung-tung
Uncle! Uncle! Grandpa is here!
What's the matter?
He was operated for hemorrhoids
It hurts whenever the muscle contracts
Grandpa
Papa
Your sister had an operation The gall flew out
It was very dangerous,
but it's ok now
Tung-tung will go to the orientation course in Taipei
Think about when you can drive him home
Goodbye, uncle
Uncle! Auntie!
Han-tzu!
Ting-ting, hurry up!
Get in the car, Ting-ting!
Drive carefully!
I know
Be good
Goodbye Grandmother
Kuo, Trouble Lou,
Goodbye! Bye! Bye!
I'm leaving for Taipei. So long! So long!
I'll be back. So long! So long!
Dad, they are ashamed They all swam nakedly
- Really. - I'll come back!